# Roots in my drain **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roots-in-my-drain/185071 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [September 19, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roots-in-my-drain/185071 "2006-09-19T10:26:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 17
### Author: ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey) #### Post date: [September 19, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roots-in-my-drain/185071/17 "2006-09-19T12:10:49Z")
> [@ARGH INSPECTION](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-inspection/24375/14): > > you can definitely save by digging it up yourself, I just don’t know how you go about tying it into the public system. > > how did you find out about the roots? did someone do a scope cam on the system or is poo backing up into the house / yard? Just wondering what I should be looking for should it come up. poo was backing up to my basement… i though oh no! poo in my basement call the plumber we got blockage! then he came out with the snake and cut out the roots. and i was like oh no roots in the drain, kinda like snakes on a plane! just talked to bgblockelcamino about it, I just have one tree in the front yard so I can probably guestimate where it would be. So just dig up that section and replace it with PVC and don’t touch the rest! --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/roots-in-my-drain/185071)._